"The pursuers yelled taunts, threw bottles, and expected the two women to settle their differences with a fistfight, according to court records. But on the 25000 block of Eldridge Avenue in Hayward, gunfire erupted. Everyone in Sandoval's vehicle was struck by at least one bullet. Police found evidence that two shooters had armed themselves and shown up there at Gonzalez's behest, who allegedly relayed directions from Vega-Mendoza. When Sandoval's vehicle showed up, the ambushers were ready, according to court records."
"One of the women in Sandoval's vehicle said she assumed it was fireworks at first, but then blacked out when she saw sparks hitting the ground around them. When she came to, she was bleeding, and a friend was yelling at Ashley to wake up. Ashley was passed out, I thought she fainted. So I knew automatically that we needed help, the woman testified in 2022."
"But Sandoval, 19, had been hit in the head. Her family would later make the agonizing decision to take her off life support. The last day that I could say goodbye to my daughter, that I could hug her and kiss her, I promised that justice would be served on her behalf, her mother, Suli Barron, said in court in 2024."
Ashley Sandoval, 19, was shot in the head during an ambush on Eldridge Avenue after an argument following an unlicensed nightclub encounter. Police found evidence that two shooters had armed themselves and arrived at the scene at the behest of Sonia Gonzalez, who allegedly relayed directions from Taiz Vega-Mendoza. Everyone in Sandoval's vehicle was struck by at least one bullet. A witness described thinking fireworks were going off before blacking out and finding Sandoval unresponsive. Sandoval's family later removed life support. Vega-Mendoza, Gonzalez, and Julissa Aguilar-Yoc received four-year sentences already served; three others were also charged initially.
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